Combined register box and deflector



Sept. 25, 1923. ,1 4

C. M VEETY COMBINED REGISTER BOX AND DEELECTOR FildMay 17, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 25, 1923. 3,468,734 a c. MCVEETY COMBINED REGISTER BOX AND DEFLECTOR Filed May 17. 1922 Sheets-Sheefi 2 .1= .;T all whom it may concern.

Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

" u- 'ree sra YES {cHnRLEs MQVEETY, or CHEL'IENHAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED REGISTER BOX AND IDEFLECTOR.

Q Application filed Mayl'i, 1922. Serial No. 561,695.

Be it known that CHAR'Lns MQVE TY, a citizen of; the ,United States, residing at- Cheltenham, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, has invented tcertain new and useful Improvements in .a

Combined Register Box and Deflector, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined register box and air deflector. i

The principal object of my invention is to provide a device of the class described, of an abundant free air capacity, to receive the returned air from the floor'level and to discharge the warm air from. the heater,

-' a; whereby a rapid circulation of air may be had in large volumes at a lowtempera ture, in order tofurnish an even degree of heat. A further. object of the invention s to provide a, device of =the class described awherebyihe area of the flour, openings may 'ceive the cool air from the floor levels:

he greatly decreased. I 7

Qt still further object is to provide a. de vice of the class. described that will discharge the warmairfroma heater and reof more than one room, as desired. 1

A still further object is to provide a device of the" class described that may be installed in' connection with amantel, fire place, partition, -art-ificial fire place having logs and electrical attachments, and other articles of furniture or ornamentation, thereby combining utility with beauty-r The demand in themodern home is'for a more i i attractive-and ornamental register than the floor gratings'universally'used and in consequence this-presentstyle of register box maybeiurnished in a wide variety off. pleasing forms and finishes and may be positioned in various parts of a room and in connection with various articlesof turniture, or otherwise, exclusive of the floor levels. V

For the .purposeof illustrating my invention Ithave shown in the accompanying drawingsthe form thereof which is at present-pre ferred by Ina-since the samehas been.foundfinpractice to give satisfactory results, although it is to be understood that Y various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is.

not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these mstrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawings t Figure 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of my assembled and connected device installed in a fire place under a mantel, illustrating the method of receiving the returned air from the floor level of a room and the distribution and deflection of the ascending warm air from the heater;

' Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the positioning of the-cool air return outlets shown in Fig. 1 on the opposite sides of a room. partition in order to return the cool air from the floor level of two rooms simuitaneously;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of my combined register box and deflector;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the said register box and deflector;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view on line of Fig. 4;. l V

Figure 6 is likewise a vertical sectional view, similar to Fig. 5, illustrating a modification of the device whereby the warm air ascending from the heater is deflected to but one room; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the defiector.

Referring now. in detail to the various figures of the drawing, wherein like parts are referred to by like reference numerals, 10 represents heater, of a type used for hot air heating purposes and particularly fora recirculating system of hot air heating as embodied in Letters Patent #1393, 301 issued to me October 11th, 1921, provided with an outer shell or casing 11, the conventional inner shell or radiator and an air thorofare or passageway therebetween, a base 12, a bonnet 1i3 and a main hot air outlet pipe 14 to a first floor register. 'Laterally extending hot air outlet pipes 15 project from said bonnet 13 and are provided with'the usual type of damper 16 to regulate the flow of hot air therethrough.

Cool air ducts 17 and 18, preferably rectangular in form, are provided, paralleling each. side of the casing 11 and in spaced. relation thereto, the lower portions thereof having the connections 17 and 18 to openings in the base 12 of said heater 10 whereby cool air may be admitted to and circulate through said heater. The upper portions of the ducts 17 and 18 are adapted to receive like ducts" 30 and 31 depending from theregister box 20. u y I gular opening 21, substantially, centrally,

in the under side or base 22 thereof. In said opening 21. apipe 23. s secured and pro ectsdownwardly therefrom at an angle 'and terminates-"in an annular portion 24 adapted to fit within the outlet pipe 14: from the heater 10. The angular portion of said pipe 23 at its apex is flattened on its four .sides to conform tothe rectangular form. of

the opening 21; in lieu of this construction a rectangular pipe 24 as in Fig.6, may depend fronithe opening 21 and be secured directlvto the bonnet 13 of the heater 10, eliminating the outlet pipe 14. In this instance the damper 19 would also be made in rectangular forin instead of annular. Other sultable means may be employed to increase the area of thep-ipes 23 or 24 extending from the bonnet 13- inorderthat they may conform at their upper terminals to the form of opening 21 in the box 20.

Cool air deflectors -35 are secured to the base 22 of the box 20 adjacent the outer sides of thepartitions 26-26 and are bent forwardly and secured to the upper inner portions of the ends of the box 20 adjacent the openings 2828;

Arectangularopening isprovided in the 7 front of the box' 20 for the positioning therein of a grille 37. This opening inay be other than rectangular in form, if desired. A bar 38 is secured transversely o't'said opening, adjacent the top thereof and serves 7 to divide the opening into two openings. I 'have' illustrated in Fig. '1 of the drawingis the heater. 10 with my register box and deflector connected thereto. placed in the basement or collar of a dwelling house so thatthe register box is positioned in an open fire place, lieneath a mantel. The same,

however, may be positioned beneath a'bookcase, china-closet, or other article of furniture or ornamentation;

The said combined register box and de- Hector is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2,' 4i. and 5 of the drawings in position for distributing warm air to, more than one room and to re turn the cool air from the floor levels of said rooms, while in Fig; Git is shownin position "for distributing and deflecting; warmair tobut one room.

distr buting warm air and returning cool air 7 from more than one room. the device is positioned as shown in Fig. 1. Grilles 33 and 3f are positloned, as shown in 1, on. either SldG of a roon partition 4.3"and are secured over the openingsi28 2 8 the Walls or surbase of the rooms being apertured for such purpose. I have shown the grille's'33 and 34:.on one side-only of the fireplace 4L1, but it will be understood thatsimilar grilles maybe einployed'on the opposite side of said fire place.

The said register that the partition bisects'an opening 28 in said box whereby the cool airfrom the floor box 20 is positioned so.

levels of :the rooms divided. by'said partition travels throughthe grilles and "34 into the opening 28land is-re'turned'to the ieater 10 by ineans'of the ducts 30and '17 and is recirculated through said heater. One of the openings 28 may be closed 1i it is desired to return; the cool airgfroin' the rooms adjacent but one side; of the fire 7 place 41.

"If required, an extension pipe 32inayi be secured in the opening 28 and the grills'33l and 34 he secured' over open outerend of said pipe 3 2. V V

The cool air ducts'30 andf l are run be tween the joists 42, itbeing unnecessary with this device to cut out more joist-sthan is necessary to install the register box A' separable deflector, 39, triangular 111 form, adaptedlto fit, within said'box20. be-

tween the ribs or cleats 25 and over therec tangular opening 21,.is provided with a flat toppo-rtion 40,"ofless widththan the top of saiddeflector 39. and overlapse'ach end oi said top, the said overlapping portions resting upon the ledges 2727 formed at the upper edges of the V partitions "26. 26. hen it is desired to distribute Warm air to more than one room-the rear of'the register x20 is provided with an opening similan to the opening in the 'frontthereof, communicating with a like .o-peninn" in the opposite mum;- partition. and a grille siniilar to the grille 37 is positioned thereoven';

the open V '110 tributingr the warm air to the two rooms. 7

Said warm air on acount of said deflector39 cannot ascend vertically through said box 2-0, Astrip or strips 0t asbestos, or other 7 non inflainmable material; is secured tothe upper portions of the defiector"39 on the front and rear thereof. The openings 28 -28"in said box 20 are not closed atthe' top as the cool a .ir ;deflectors 35'35 do not extend to the top-of said; openings and. this provides for a, circulation ofair transversely of-the box 20, the top ofsaid'box20bein'g Descr bing: the" construction applicable to open between the top lO- Of'thedefie'ctorBQ and Whatever objects're'stupon the top of said box2(l; there will alsorbe a circulation V of air throiigh the fron'tand rear openings in said box20 above the transverse bars: 38-38. This circulation iscaused 'bythe naeavsa= inflow of air underthe cool air deflectors,

which induces air to flow in the top of the end openings over the deflector plates whereby whatever object rests upon thetop of the box 20 will be protected from the heat.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 adapted for distributing warm air to but one room by means of the pipe 24' and the front opening. (the rear opening being closed), the deflector 39 is positioned within the box 20 ina right triangular position so that the warm air is deflected in the one direction only, i. e., outwardly, through the front opening. 7

An extension pipe 32 may be secured to the front opening in the box 20 and the grille 37 secured over the open outer end of such pipe, if desired.

I do not restrict myself to the exact details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein set forth, it bei ng obvious that minor variations thereof not involving the exercise of invention may be made by the skilled mechanic and such departure from what is herein described and claimed, not involving invention, I consider as within the terms and scope of my hereinafter appended claims.

I claim 1. A device of the character described, comprising a register box having openings in its base and ends, said vbase openings having communication with the heating chamber of a heater, deflector plates adapted to guide cool air from the end openings to the base openings, the tops of said deflector plates being arranged below the tops of said end openings, a pipe depending from the register box and adapted to connect the register box with the warm air outlet of the heater, and a deflector arranged within the register box, having its sides converge towards the pipe connected with the heater,

whereby air ascending from said heater will be deflected from openings in the'rfront and rear of the registry box, said deflector having its top arranged below the top of the register box thereby allowing free circulation of cool air from'the tops of the end openings.

2. A device of the character. described,

comprising a register box adapted to be arranged above the floor and having relatively large openings in its opposite ends, downwardly extending deflectors arranged within the end portions of the register box adjacent to the end openings and serving to divide the end openings into upper and lower sections, the cool air travelling inwardly and downwardly through the lower opening sections beneath the deflectors serving to induce air into the upper opening sections above the deflectors thereby maintaining the upper portion of the box suitably cool, depending pipes leading from the deflectors to the heating chamber of the furnace, a pipe connecting the heating chamber of the furnace with the central'portion of the register box, said box having hot air outlet openings in its opposite sides arranged at substantially a right angle to the cool air inlet end openings, and a downwardly tapering deflector arranged within the central portions of the register box and disposed at substantially a right angle to the cool'air deflectors, said downwardly tapering deflector having upwardly diverging faces arranged opposite the hot air outlet openings.

A device of the character described, comprising a register box adapted to be arranged above the floor and having relatively large openings in its opposite ends. downwardly extending deflectors arranged within the end portions of the register box, adjacent to the end openings and serving to divide the end openings into upper and lower sections, the cool air travelling inwardly and downwardly through the lower opening sections beneath the deflectors serving to induce air into the upper opening sections above the deflectors thereby maintaining the upper portion of the box suitably cool, depending pipes leading from the deflectors to the heating chamber of the furnace, a pipe connecting the heating chamber of the furnace with the central por tion of the register box, said box having a hot air outlet opening in one of its sides arranged at substantially a right angle to the cool air inlet end openings, and a deflector having a slanting face arranged opposite the hot air opening, and disposed at substantially a right angle to the cool air deflectors, whereby hot air is deflected through the, hot air opening into the room.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES McVEETY. 

